prohibited article
Example Sentences
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The temporary powers allow police officers to search those they believe to be under "reasonable suspicion" of committing a crime, planning to commit a crime or in possession of a "prohibited article".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
He very courteously, but quite firmly, insisted upon temporarily confiscating the prohibited article.
From The Jolliest School of All by Brazil, Angela
"Please give me some butter," asked Bert, not having observed that this was a prohibited article on the Wilsons' dinner table.
From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio
Under these circumstances, it was natural that persons interested in the English iron manufacture should turn their attention to some other description of fuel which should serve as a substitute for the prohibited article.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel
One of the inhabitants of Tattah, who was engaged in smuggling the prohibited article, was stopped about dusk by a serjeant, who happened to be going his rounds.
From Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan by Taylor, William
